plump
/plʌmp/
verb
- 1
To grow plump; to swell out.
“Her cheeks have plumped.”
- 2
To make plump; to fill (out) or support; often with up.
“to plump oysters or scallops by placing them in fresh or brackish water”
- 3
To cast or let drop all at once, suddenly and heavily.
“to plump a stone into water”
- 4
To give a plumper (kind of vote).
- 5
To give (a vote), as a plumper.
- 6
To favor or decide in favor of something.
adjective
- 1
Having a full and rounded shape; chubby, somewhat overweight.
“a plump baby; plump cheeks”
- 2
Fat.
- 3
Sudden and without reservation; blunt; direct; downright.
noun
- 1
The sound of a sudden heavy fall.
verb
- 1
To drop or fall suddenly or heavily, all at once.
adverb
- 1
Directly; suddenly; perpendicularly.
noun
- 1
A knot or cluster; a group; a crowd.
“a plump of trees, fowls, or spears”
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